THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



MR A H, HORSMANS CH. SHOTOVER 



BY CH BLACK QUILT QUEEN OF LLANGOLLEN, 



siderable fame for tlieir levelness of type, sources, Mr. Cooke has gathered together a 

 and the improvement in heads so noticeable stock which has never been equalled. His 

 at the present time is to be ascribed to his ideas of type and conformation are the 

 breeding for this point. ^Ir. L. Allen Shuter, outcome of close and attentive study and 

 the owner of Ch. Darenth and other excellent consistent practice, and one needs to go to 



Ri^•erside if one desires to see the highest 

 examples of what a modern flat-coated 

 Retriever can be. Within recent years Mr. 

 Cooke has owned Ch. Black Quilt (perhaps 

 the most successful sire of the race), Paul 

 of Riverside, Worsley Bess, Gipsy of River- 

 side, Ch. High Legh Blarney, and Ch. Wim- 

 pole Peter, and at the present moment the 

 Riverside kennels contain ten champions in 

 addition to many potential champions. 



Since Dr. Bond ^loore imparted to the 

 Retriever a fixity of character, the coats 

 ha-\^e become longer and less wavy, and 

 in conformation of skull, colour of eye, 

 straightness of legs, and quality of bone, 

 there has been a perceptible improve- 

 ment. 



As there is no club devoted to the breed, 

 and consequently no official standard of 

 Retrievers of his o\™ breeding, claims also points, the following description of the 

 a large share of credit for the part he has perfect Retriever is offered, 

 played in the general impro\'e- 

 ment of the breed. Mr. C. A. 

 Phillips, too, owned admirable 

 specimens in Ch, Taut and other 

 good workers, and the name of 

 the late Lieut. -Colonel Cornwall 

 Legh must be included. Many 

 of Colonel Legh's bitches were of 

 Shirley blood, but it is believed 

 that a breed of Retrievers had 

 existed at High Legh for se\-eral 

 generations, with which a judicious 

 cross was made, the result being 

 not only the formation of a re- 

 markable kennel, but also a de- 

 cided influence for good upon the 

 breed in general. 



But since the Shirley days, \\hen 

 competition was more limited tlian 

 it is at present, no kennel of Re- 

 trievers has ever attained any- 

 thing like the distinction of that owmed 

 by Mr. H. Reginald Cooke, at Riverside, 

 Nantwich. By acquiring the best speci- 

 mens of the breed from a!l available 



MR E W, H bLAubb BUbY MiTE 



BY CH. WIMPOLE PETER STYLISH QUEEN. 



Pholosi'.itli by Loatuks. Che.vi:,. 



1. General Appearance. — That of a well-pro- 

 portioned briijht and active sporting dog, show- 

 ing power without lumber and raciness without 

 weediness. 



2. Head. — Long, fine, without being weak, the 



